diff --git a/xmppserver/pom.xml b/xmppserver/pom.xml
index 4baed67cbb..867c741639 100644
--- a/xmppserver/pom.xml
+++ b/xmppserver/pom.xml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.4</version>
+            <version>2.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>